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Thanksgiving Place Cards

This year, my mom tasked the kids and I with making place cards for our family for Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to do something the kids could help with that incorporated the purpose of Thanksgiving: gratitude! These turkey gratitude cards fit all requirements.

Halloween Candy Corn Pots

My mom made these candy corn pots for us last year using terracotta pots and I think they’re adorable. They are one of the things my kids get most excited about when it’s time to put up the Halloween decorations.

Easter Advent

In our family, we love to hunt for eggs and eat way too much chocolate and marshmallow bunnies during Easter time, but we try to spend some time focusing on the true purpose of Easter. This can be difficult with kids who get very excited about dying eggs and hunting for candy, so this year, we combined both versions of Easter and made an Easter Advent.

Kid’s Abstract Straw Art

Last week, we made these lovely creations using watered-down paint and straws. I’m pretty sure I did this as a kid, but it’s been a while so we had to make it up as we went. My kids an I considered our efforts a success.

Christmas Gifts for Grandpa and Grandma

My kids wanted to make presents for their grandparents for Christmas. Rather than buy a craft, we decided to use what we had and make them something meaningful and something they can use.

Hand and Foot Turkeys

This weekend my aunt helped my kids make Thanksgiving turkeys using tracings of their hands and feet. Not only is this a great Thanksgiving craft, but I now have tracings of my kids’ hands and feet and their current ages. Priceless!!

How to Make a Superhero Cape

Step-by-step instructions to make your child a superhero cape!

DIY Wall Letters

Personalize your walls with these easy-to-make letters.

Thanksgiving Craft: Gratitude Tree

My son loves Halloween. November 1st is the saddest day of the year for him because we pack away the pumpkins, bats and ghosts for a year. To appease him a bit, we always make a gratitude tree to warm him up to the idea that Thanksgiving can be just as exciting as Halloween. The…

How to use Leftover Halloween Candy

If your kids are like mine, they come home from trick-or-treating with way too much candy. As wonderfully delicious as candy is, the fun wares off after a few days. Here are some creative ways to use some of that candy. Add candy to cookie dough – Small candy makes a great substitute for chocolate…